INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
Vienna, 2 April 2007
Ref: RER9088-9005-01
Subject: Request to the Government of the Netherlands to host an IAEA Regional Workshop on Operational Events, Transients and Precursor Analyses, Petten, the Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the above mentioned meeting which is being organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in cooperation with the Institute for Energy of the European Commission Joint Research Centre, concerning the organization of a Regional Workshop on Operational Events, Transients and Precursor Analyses, which will be undertaken within the framework of the IAEA technical cooperation project RER/9/088 Strengthening Safety Assessment Capabilities . Informal agreement about the IAEA’s and EC’s respective contributions has already been reached with EC (see attached agreement as well as the meeting information 1) ).
As the workshop will be held on the territory of the Netherlands, I hereby would like to request your Government’s consent for EC and the IAEA to hold this meeting in Petten. This consent will not imply any financial commitments for the Government of the Netherlands, but I would request you to confirm your Government’s agreement with the following arrangements which are customary for all the IAEA’s workshops:

1.
The Government of the Netherlands will accord to the Agency, its property, funds and assets, and to the officials of the Agency and the participants officially designated to attend the meeting in their official capacities, and to members of the immediate families of such persons, the privileges and immunities contained in the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency which was accepted by the Government on 29 August 1963.

2.
The Government will accord to officials and participants mentioned above every facility necessary for the performance of their function in connection with the meeting, including entering, remaining in and leaving the Netherlands. The Government will issue any necessary visas as expeditiously as possible and, where the legislation of the Netherlands permits, free of charge. The Government, however, reserves the right to deny, irrespective of nationality, visas to individual participants for national security reasons. Annex A contains the list of Member States to be invited to participate in the meeting.
The Agency will inform the Government promptly of all persons officially designated to attend the meeting. The Agency will also advise such persons to apply for visas, if necessary, in good time before the opening date of the meeting, and the Host Government is expected to issue such visas promptly so as to allow participants to attend the meeting.

3.
The Government will facilitate customs formalities for those persons on entering and leaving the Netherlands.

4.
The Government will exercise reasonable care to ensure security on the premises in which the meeting takes place and to ensure the safety of the officials of the Agency and participants while on the premises of the meeting. The Government will take whatever steps may be reasonable in the circumstances to ensure such security and safety, including such supervision of the premises as may be warranted.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Ms. V. Ranguelova, Institute for Energy, JRC, who has been designated a liaison person for this workshop.
I express to you the Agency’s deep appreciation for your Government’s cooperation.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
ANA MARÍA CETTO
Deputy Director General
Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation
For Director General
H.E. Mr. Justus Jonathan De Visser
Resident Representative of the Netherlands to the IAEA
Postfach 190
1015 Wien
Austria

Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
to the UN Organizations in Vienna
Opernring 5
1010 Vienna
Vienna, 8 June 2007
Dear Ms Cetto,
I have the honour to refer to your letter reference RER9088-9005-01 of 2 April 2007, relating to an agreement to be concluded between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concerning the Regional Workshop on Operational Events, Transients and Precursor Analyses, which is scheduled to be held in Petten, the Netherlands, from 27 to 31 August 2007, which reads as follows:
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I am authorized by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to state that it agrees to the proposals regarding the organization of the Workshop and to state that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands considers your letter and my reply as together constituting an Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the IAEA in respect of the Regional Workshop on Operational Events, Transients and Precursor Analyses, which shall enter into force on the date of this reply and shall remain in force for the duration of the Workshop and for such additional period as is necessary for its preparation and winding up, the total duration of this Agreement, however, not to exceed one year.
Please accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
INES COPPOOLSE
Counsellor
Deputy Permanent Representative
For Permanent Representative
Ms Ana María Cetto
Deputy Director General
Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna International Centre
Vienna 1)
De overeenkomst tussen de EG en de IAEA ligt ter inzage bij de Afdeling Verdragen van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.